• merde alors@sh.itjust.works
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            3 days ago

            i have no problems with “hating the US/West” but thinking that Putin’s Russia is part of a some kind of a “free world” is another kind of

            • ⓐ stupidity
            • ⓑ ignorance
            • ⓒ or, the answer to your question: yes, there are people who are getting paid to spread that kind of stupid commentary.

            “hate the US/West” as much as you like… but don’t stop there.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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          4 days ago

          Yeah I literally believe that. Imagine living in the west and still not being able to understand you’re on the wrong side of history.

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                  Russia is not an empire. It would like to have a sphere of influence with friends, but it definitely needs its neighbours to not be US empire agents bent on destabilizing it into civil war.

                  China is not an empire either. It makes foreign investments that are better than any US offers. US is the one that uses extortion and bribery of puppets it installs the most.

            • People in the West seem to choose to be as dumb as rocks. My only consolation is that you are only 13% of the world population and declining. Soon enough we won’t have to care what you think, and future generations may not even have to learn your languages to read your horrible takes.

              Reading online posts by benighted Westerners made me wish I never learned English.

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                they don’t “choose to be dumb”. Same minority of people who are exploiting you, wherever you are, are exploiting a great majority of people in the parts of the world you call “west”.

                It’s easier to manipulate people when they’re “dumbed” down. Media is bought and controlled to form opinions and spending on education is minimized. Most people aren’t even exposed to ideas that can create a spark in their minds.

                “People in the West” are not your enemy. Their masters are all people’s enemies.

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                It’ll happen at the same time as the mythical collapse of China, which never comes.

                I’d welcome the end of imperialism as well, mind you.